CVE-2025-8357 – WordPress Media Library Assistant Unauthenticated File Deletion Vulnerability

CVE ID : CVE-2025-8357

Published : Aug. 19, 2025, 5:15 a.m. | 58 minutes ago

Description : The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion in the /wp-content/uploads directory due to insufficient file path validation and user capability checking in the _process_mla_download_file function in all versions up to, and including, 3.27. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server from the /wp-content/uploads/ directory.

Severity: 4.3 | MEDIUM

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